Steeping coffee or tea.



STEEPING COFFEE DR TE sa V GAY BARBER DE LIMA, 0F SY'ECUSE, NEW YORK.

STEPING COFFEE GR TEA.

Specification of Letters atent.

Patented @et 22?,

Application filed September 9, 1911. Serial No. aM8586.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, GAY BARBER un LIMA. of Syracuse, in the county ofOnondaga, in the State of New York, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Steeping Coffee or Tea, of which the following. taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear. and exactdescription.

This invention relates to devices for steeping coffee or tea, and hasparticular reference to that class which are adapted to be placed uponthe table and the beverage made in a minimum space of time when needed.

The invention herein described and claimed is particularly directed tothehot water heating drum or boiler7 by which l am able to boil thewater so as to force it up into the coffee pot itself and allow it topercolate through the coffee in the least amount of time, therebyenabling the user to obtain quick returns from the device manufacturedin accordance with this invention.

To that end therefore my invention consists of several new and novelfeatures of construction and operation hereinafter described and which'l specifically set forth in the claim hereunto annexed.

lt is constructed as follows, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings in which7 A Figure l shows a side view of the device complete.Fig, 2 is a similar view except that certain parts are broken away so asto show the interior construct-ion and operating parts.

- Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theviews. o

-lis the boiler constructed preferably cylindrical in forni and mountedupon suitable legs or uprights The boiler consists of the water jacket.-elextending around the walls and continues in a concave direction atthe top as shown at et- The boiler has heat ventilating openings W5- atsuitable intervals.

-6- is a partition extending laterally from the point adjacent the coldwater intake around toward .the opposite side for purposes which will behereinafter eX- plained.

-7- is any suitable portable lamp preferably an alcohol lamp such as isusually used.4 Upon the top of the boiler is a false top -8- and T9-f isthe coee pot resting on said false top --S-. and within the coffee potis a sack --10-, containing coffee -ll-, the coffee pot having the usualcover -l2- and spout l- Upon one side of the boiler and ust above it ismounted a cold water tank having a conduit l5-1 allowing the water topass out of the tank M14- into the bottom of the water jacket --3-.

Eutendingfrom the upper part of the water jacket and adjacent to thetank is a pipe 1G- leading into the steeping pot and so arranged thatwhen the water passes from the water acket v-3- that it will drop uponthe coffee and percolate through it in the usual way.

In the operation of this invention it will be noted that in order tomake a beverage. as for illustration. coffee, the tank --l-- isI firstfilled to the extent of about twdthirds of its capacity with water,rlhis passes down through the outlet pipe l5 into the water jacket -3-and its continuation 4H and continues up through the pipe --l6- so thatit maintainsthe same level in the pipe m16- as is contained in the tankllt- The lamp is then lighted and the heatbeing confined within thecylindrical boiler radiates against not only inner face of thecylindrical water jacket 8- but also against the inner face of theconcave water jacket JLM forming the top of the boiler thereby radiatingagainst an eX- tremely large surface which causes almost instantaneousheating and boiling of the water sufficiently to cause it to pass upthrough the pipe -lt" and over into the sach containing the coffee inthe coffee pot in the usual way.

ln order that there may be no dead water 'contained in the boiler` lemploy a partition -6- extending as above described partially aroundwithin the water jacket -3- so that when the water is heated. it will ofnecessity be forced to the opposite side of the water jacket. before itcan pass around to the top of the vwater acket -3-- and out through thepipe -l6-, thus at all times insuring perfect circulation, and avoidinga congestion of dead water at the portions opposite the intake andoutlet pipes, and at all times insure a constant flow of the heatedwater through the pipe -16-.

What l claim is:

ln an apparatus ofthe class described, a

Water jacket eeneituting e -boiler Vendl heving e hollow inveitedconical top in communication with the Water jacket, e lateral peltitionin the Water jacket extending perfiely around the same, a tank supportedai; one siae and above the boiler, e conduit c011- neeeng the lower end`of seid tank with the jacket below seid pa'titioi1, and averticallyemendng outlet pipe leading from the iaoeeeee jacket abovesaid partition 1to e point neer l0 the' 'upper end of the tank.

Ein Witness whereof have heren-xtc set my hand this 6th dey ofSeptember, 191]..

GAY BARBER DE Liivfe.

Witnesses:

H. l. DENISON, E, F. SPEAKING.

